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New York City mayors, or Amamdoni,
“is seeking to reassure the traveling public following Sunday night's crash at New York's the Gordia Airport.”
>> As we continue to learn information, we will share it with you. And in the meantime, let us keep those who died in our thoughts and continue to hope for a quick recovery for those who were injured. >> The crash between an air Canada jet and a fire truck that have been given the green light across a runway killed two pilots. And since scores to the hospital, the accident has revived concerns over air traffic control staffing. But NTSB, Chair, Jennifer Hammondi, told reporters at LaGuardia Monday that it's too soon to discuss that.
The Senate has confirmed Oklahoma Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullen to be present in Trump's next homeland security secretary.
The 54 to 45 vote was mostly along party lines with mostly Democrats opposed. Mullen takes over at DHS after the firing of Christy Nome, the department has also been without funding for more than a month as Democrats square off with the White House over immigration enforcement.
“Those aren't federal immigration officers in tactical gear began deploying to some of the busiest U.S. airports among day President Trump ordered the deployment to support TSA officers during the DHS shutdown.”
Amanda Andrews with Georgia Public Broadcasting reports. Atlanta travelers are being advised to arrive four hours ahead of their flights at Hartzfield Jackson International Airport. Lines have been stretching into the parking lot as TSA officers continue to work without pay.
George Borek is a TSA union leader.
He says, "I can't do what security screening agents do." >> They're not trained to our level. They don't know what we do on a day-to-day basis. And an officer that becomes the TSA agent spends weeks and months trying to get to get certified.
“>> The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since February 14th.”
For NPR news, I'm Amanda Andrews in Atlanta. >> Six months after President Trump sent a multi-agency task force to fight crime and Memphis White House officials visited the city Monday to tout its success. From every station to WKNO, Christopher Blank reports that overall crime and Memphis is down about 43% compared to a year ago. >> The Trump administration searched thousands of federal personnel in September from more than 30 agencies, including the National Guard. >> You have now developed a reputation as a city that's coming back stronger than any city in the country because of what's happened with crime.
>> Local officials and Democrats have rarely praised the extra resources, but they've criticized the administration's emphasis on immigration arrests and the visibility of National Guard troops. The President announced that these troops and other guards people deployed in U.S. cities will now receive the same military benefits as active duty troops. For NPR news, I'm Christopher Blank, in Memphis. This is NPR. According to a report published Tuesday, the number of abortions in the United States was the same in 2025 compared to the year before.
And Pierce Lena Simmons stuff and explains that there's one major reason why that's true despite abortion bands in 13 states. >> A new report from the Gootmucker Institute finds there were 1,126,000 abortions provided by clinicians in 2025. >> That's pretty much unchanged from 2024. >> Isaac Meto-Zimit is one of the report's authors. >> There were shifts though and where those abortions were occurring.
>> The biggest shift was that there were more abortions in states with abortion bands. That's because the Food and Drug Administration allows abortion medication to be prescribed through telemedicine and sent through the mail. Abortion opponents are trying to end the practice through court challenges and new laws, salina Simmons stuff in NPR news. >> Now to California where a civil jury has found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972. Following an early two week trial, jurors in Santa Monica awarded the woman millions and damages Cosby's lawyers say they plan to appeal.
>> The Supreme Court's conservative majority appears skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of later-riving mail ballots. >> The court heard arguments Monday in a case from Mississippi that could also affect voters in 13 other states and the district of Columbia. >> More forgiving deadlines from military and overseas votes in an initial 15 states could also be impacted. >> The ruling is expected by late tune. >> I'm trial Snyder, NPR News.
